Far backcountry life in Japan

Koisago pottery or Koisago-yaki is one of local specialty product in Nakagawa-machi which started in the late Edo period under Mito-han (1830). It is grazed with so called ‘Kin Kesho’ which looks like ‘Golden Spark’ in the pottery. The clay used for Koisago pottery is from very local Koisago area. I will cover how clay is made next time.




Before I came to live here, I came here for kayaking and found this pottery and then got one as my favorite teacup for long time. Now I can buy as many as I like and this pottery is quite reasonable price.


This statue is Hanbei Fujita, the founder of Koisago pottery made of pottery. It is huge and need specific environment to create. Direction of statue slightly moved due to 3.11 2011 earthquake. You can see Fujita family (Hanzaburo Fujita who is farther of Hanbei) armor in Bato hometown museum.